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Tonight I was talking with a friend as I got ready to leave Pittsburgh when I was reminded of this old story.

In my last (tenth) semester at undergrad, I repeated a 500 level writing workshop to fill some credits. I was really phoning it in, and my professor called me on it more than once. She told me I was on track to get a B (almost impossible in creative writing), and repeatedly pushed me to do more.

On our last day of class together, which was my last class before graduation, she and I found ourselves walking in the same direction to our cars. She asked me, “Brook, what are YOU going to do after you graduate?”

I told her I was moving to New York at the end of summer to pursue a career in music.

She laughed a little, put a hand on my arm and said “That’s nice, and you may even make it to New York. But when you’re back here in grad school in a year, I’m gonna tell you I told you so.”

I smiled and said, “We’ll see.” We parted company and that was the last time I spoke to National Book Award Winner Jaimy Gordon.

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Tour Dates September/October 2022

Hey, y’all. Glad to be Alive, the 7th album from Brook Pridemore, is out tomorrow! I’m celebrating with a long tour. Here are the dates.

September 22 cafe bourbon St Columbus 

23 Tune Temple, Akron, OH

24 The DAAC Grand Rapids

25 Night Shop Bloomington, IL

26 Rhinelander checked with Shelley

27 Dark Horse Madison, WI

28 Badger’s Den, Minneapolis, MN

29 PS1 Close House, Iowa City, IA 

30 TBA, Lincoln, NE 

10/1 Sk8 Bar, St. Joseph, MO

2 Farewell Transmission, KCMO

3 Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX

4 Kick Butt Coffee, Austin, TX 

5 Casa de Avi, San Antonio, TX

6 Super Happy Fun Land, Houston, TX need locals 

7 Mudlark Theater, New Orleans, LA

8 TBA, Jackson, MS HELP

9 Hi Tone , Memphis

10 Betty’s, Nashville

11 Eric’s House, Knoxville, TN

12 Coal Chute, Roanoke, Va

13 Baltimore

14 The Pop Club, Long Branch, NJ 

15 New Brunswick David on it

16 Dan’s Farm, Cambridge, NY

17 10 Forward, Greenfield, MA

18 Deese House, Swampscott, MA

19 FIND Portland, ME 

20 The Collective, Brattleboro, VT

21 New Haven Cafe Nine

22 Ralph’s, Worcester, MA

23 Dusk, Providence, RI

24 The Silhouette, Allston, MA

25 Curry Donuts Wilkes-Barre

26 Ormsby Cafe, PGH 

27 Flat Burger Society, Pittsfield, MA

28 Charlie O’s, Montpelier, VT 

29 Penuches, Concord, NH

30 The Studio, Laconia, NH 

31 Chess Company, Rockland MA

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Top Ten Sparks Albums of 2017

10. Kimono My House

9. Whomp That Sucker!

8. Exotic Creatures of the Deep

7. Indiscreet

6. Hippopotamus

5. Lil Beethoven

4. Propaganda

3. In Outer Space

2. Angst In My Pants

1. No. 1 in Heaven

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October Tour Starts tomorrow.

Hi, I'm Brook Pridemore, a punk/noise act who presents as a singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, NY. A big, unwieldy tour starts tomorrow. Here are the dates.

10/12 Muchmore's, Brooklyn, NY https://www.facebook.com/events/348729255552311/ 10/13 The Mr. Roboto Project, Pittsburgh, PA https://www.facebook.com/events/696822857180133/ 10/14 Electric Ave., Buffalo, NY https://www.facebook.com/events/119996988700792/ 10/15 Ask A Punk, Syracuse, NY https://www.facebook.com/events/1548677871860305/ 10/16 The Shop Underground, Taunton, MA https://www.facebook.com/events/1984669001753033/ 10/17 Luthier's Co-Op, Easthampton, MA 10/18 Distant Castle, Worcester, MA https://www.facebook.com/events/176720519565727/ 10/19 South Street Cafe, Bennington, VT https://www.facebook.com/events/1422835791126877/ 10/20 Unitarian Church, Manchester, NH https://www.facebook.com/events/273273453183741/ 10/21 Eliot St. Print Shop, Brattleboro, VT 10/22 Pool Party, Narragansett, RI 10/23 The Barn, Braintree, MA https://www.facebook.com/events/460939560957300/ 10/24 Winter Hill Brewing Co., Somerville, MA https://www.facebook.com/events/127076801282071/ 10/25 Riverwalk Cafe, Nashua, NH https://www.facebook.com/events/324256781379848/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22messaging%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22attachment%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%7D%7D]%22%7D 10/26 NEED A SHOW IN CONNECTICUT. CAN ANYONE HELP 10/27 House Show, New Paltz, NY 10/28 Secret House Show in Philadelphia, Message me for details. 10/29 Flemington, DIY, Flemington, NJ https://www.facebook.com/events/311281309339870/ 10/30 Charlie's Kitchen, Cambridge, MA https://www.facebook.com/events/1569074336522191/ 10/31 Meatlocker, Montclair, NJ https://www.facebook.com/events/484269145267482/

I made new Tshirts for the tour, and we're debuting a music video for my song, "Who's Gonna Build My Deathray?" The video was directed by Justin Kiddo, who will coincidentally be traveling with me. Looking forward to seeing youse.

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OCTOBER BP TOUR

Hi, I’m going on tour. Here are the dates. Are you in CT? Can you help with a show? PLEASE.

10/12 Muchmores, Brooklyn, NY 

10/13 Roboto, Pittsburgh, PA

10/14 Electric Ave, Buffalo, NY

10/15 560, Syracuse, NY

10/16 The Shop Underground, Taunton, MA

10/17 Luthier's Co-op, Easthampton, MA

10/18 TBA, Worcester, MA

10/19 South Street Cafe, Bennington, VT

10/20 Elliot St Print Shop, Brattleboro, VT

10/21 Unitarian Church, Manchester, NH

10/22 News Cafe, Narragansett, RI

10/23 TBA Braintree, MA

10/24 TBA Somerville, MA

10/25 Riverwalk Cafe, Nashua, NH

10/26 TBA Ct HELP

10/27 House Show, New Paltz, NY

10/28 TBA, Philadelphia, PA 

10/29 Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ

10/30 Charlie's Kitchen, Cambridge, MA

10/31 Meatlocker, Montclair, NJ

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They've been singing a song And poorly stifling a grin from ear to ear And I've been humming along Cos I'm a champion of really bad ideas And I would rather be wrong Than be alone

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In 2008, Pat the Bunny showed up for tour without a guitar. Times were weird. He used my guitar every night. The stress of his playing on top of my own damaged the fretboard almost to the point of unplayability. About a year later, I had to get new frets put on, which is an expensive and time consuming process. The guitar store guy advised me against using a capo AT ALL, but said the dual clutch capo I used wouldn't be too harmful. So, I use a fucked-ass, weird capo in a vain attempt to postpone the mortality of my guitar. We've been together since 2005, I'd like to be together a lot longer.

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled barrage of self promotion to present you an original, BP-designed meme. FUCK OFF MY COUCH.

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Couple of commissioned paintings, I did. You can commission art from me at brookpridemore at gmail dot com.

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Reporter Brian Karem takes Sarah Huckabee Sanders to task during briefing over “inflammatory” media comments

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Questions

I miss when I got weird questions from anonymous mothrafuckers on here.

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More Breakup Songs With Horns. Order at brookpridemore.bandcamp.com

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More Breakup Songs With Horns. Order at brookpridemore.bandcamp.com

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More Breakup Songs With Horns. Order at brookpridemore.bandcamp.com

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More. Order the new ep at brookpridemore.bandcamp.com